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Students graduating college this spring are entering what many career experts say is the best job market in years.

What's happening: Minnesota has a record low unemployment rate of 2.2%. Plus, college grads can now take jobs at faraway companies and work remotely in the Twin Cities, further expanding their options.

Births in Minnesota rose slightly in 2021, per newly released CDC data.

The big picture: More than 3.6 million babies were born in the U.S. in 2021, a 1% increase from 2020 levels, Axios' Adriel Bettelheim reports.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities is the latest local nonprofit to get a big boost from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott's recent giving spree.

What's new: The nonprofit announced this week that it got a record $6 million — a sum that exceeds its annual operating budget — as part of a $122.6 million grant the billionaire made to local chapters of Big Brothers Big Sisters America.

Today marks two years since George Floyd was murdered.

The big picture: Floyd's death under the knee of former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin sent shockwaves through our city, the nation and the world.

Jason DeRusha announced Tuesday he will sign off June 23 from his WCCO morning anchor duties after 19 years at the TV station.

A "Good Question" for DeRusha: What's next?

Baristas at a fourth Twin Cities Starbucks store will vote on whether to form a union beginning Tuesday.

What's happening: The Minneapolis shop at Lyndale and 54th is among at least six Minnesota locations that have joined a growing national push to unionize employees at the ubiquitous coffee chain.

If your neighbors' yards are starting to look a little shaggy, it might be by design.

What's happening: No Mow May is gaining traction in Minnesota, with a growing number of local cities formally encouraging residents to participate.

A new biography of George Floyd hits the shelves Tuesday.

The big picture: "His Name is George Floyd," written by Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, seeks to show "how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy... telling the story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change."